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EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT, COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT AND PARTICIPATING PROJECTS INTRODUCTION The Colorado River storage project and participating projects were initially authorized by the Congress on April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105). This act initiated the comprehensive development of the water re- sources of the Upper Colorado River Basin for the purposes, among others, of regulating theJJow of the Colorado River, storing water for beneficial consumptive use, making it 'possible for the States of the upper basin to utilize, consistent with the provisions of the Colorado River compact, the apportionments made to and among them in the Colorado River compact and the Upper Colorado River Basin com- pact. The act authorized the construction of the storage project units, viz, Curecanti, Flaming Gorge, Glen Canyon, and Navajo. In addi- tion, there were 11 participating projects specifically authorized for construction in the upper basin States. For management purposes, the transmission facilities authorized for construction in connection with storage project units and participating projects have been con- solidated as the transmission division. The Paonia and Smith Fork projects in Colorado have been com- pleted and are being oPElrated by the local water users. The Vernal unit of the central Utah project, completed in fiscal year 1963, is being operated by the Bureau with funds advanced by the water users. The Hammond project in New Mexico was substantially completed this fiscal year. Five other participating projects are now being built. Of the 25 potential participating projects that were given planning priority by the 1956 act, favorable feasibility reports have been com- pleted on the Animas-La Plata, Bostwick Park, Dolores, Fruitland Mesa, Navajo Indian irrigation, San Juan-Chama, and Savery-Pot Hook projects. (The Navajo Indian irrigation and San Juan-Chama projects are now under cpnstruction as authorized by the act of June 13, 1962.) Work on fe"llibility studies is nearing completion on the Dallas Creek, San Miliu~l, and West Divide projects. A major milestone mthe progress of the storage project was the production of the first CRSP power in 1963 after the late President Kennedy activated the 'first generator at Flaming Gorge Dam in northeastern Utah. Commercial power has been produced at the Flaming Gorge Dam since November 11,1963. The decision in May ~964 to resume ffiling of Lake Powell was to achieve the objective of gaining minimum operating level at Lake Powell without lowering Lake Mead below 1,083 feet, the minimum level for power operation: The adverse effect on operation of Hoover powerplant below elevation of 1,123 feet is offset by acquiring and furnishins replacement capacity and energy to the Hoover power aIlottees m the same quantities and having the same characteristics 1 42-809-85--2